U'.nL uSM) oUHl/EV 
APR 14 1978 
library monthly wildlife research letter 
Illinois Federal Aid Project W- 66 -R 
Department of Conservation and Natural History Survey, Cooperating 
Glen C. Sanderson and Helen C. Schultz, Editors 
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Urbana, Illinois 
March, 1978 
Vo 1. 21, No. 3 
Manipulation of Pheasant Habitat 
R. E. Warner 
The last newsletter (MWRl 21(2):1) indicated that over the past decade 
turnover in farm operators on the Ford County Management Unit (FCMU) has resulted 
9 n 5 C or?h«; n mNe ntr nt° f 28 ' 3 t< 38 ' 8 percent) ° f tha 73 mi Ies oHeeded^roadlide^ 
5 _. f ^ ese mi les (13 percent) are presently controlled by farmers that have 
moved onto the area since 1968. These newcomers have had no previous experience 
De ?rih ent of Conservation's (DOC) roadside management program, and 
contacts with these individuals have thus been considered significant in toe 
overall cooperation given by farmers on the FCMU. 
larqe-scaIe'roads?dp dUreS re9ardin 9 changes merit consideration in a 
a „?!,!!! roads de management program. Two obvious measures are involved in 
eeIXoaIs V Ide:"a°:i U I 2 ?' an: r ( !? changes in farmer coltol, of 
coo a ^ , ( } c °^ tact,n 9 newcomers in an attempt to secure their 
cooperanon. As a pilot study of the feasibility of follow-up efforts Ford 
d: y sIIe e IC ZilZ? aS an ' nitial area ° f because LI f o' he load- 
sides seeded by the DOC over the past 5 years are located there. 
main tills F rfiL U If ty ^ci cu I tura I Conservation and Stabilization Service (ASCS) 
last 3 LaL In f Chan9e LI! ™ ° wners and tenants ever approximately the 
last 3 years. All county ASCS offices have similar records. Notations of 
seedInqs^(recorded F | >rd | Coun ! y 11 be com pared with a master list of Lalside 
r A , k - d d by loca tion and name of farmer) maintained by W-85-D personnel 
Contriving this procedure for the Ford County seelings will permit the DM to 
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ip°l°9Y. ar| d Management of Squj rrels 
C. M. Nixon, 
L. P. Hansen 
As we pointed out in the last news letter fMWRi ? l Q . i 
significant difference in density carcass fit h^d 21 ( 2 >; 2 )'. we .cou 1 d no 
living in younger haLdwooLr^m^ton/LIL^I^Ir^r ‘d "T 
up two 20-acre study areas at Lake Shelbyville. To’fTetert 
